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Trump Thinks He Knows What Started the Pandemic

May 20, 2025

A collage of director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's face, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, President Donald Trump's face, and renderings of Covid-19's spike protein.

Trump’s Revenge on Public Health

Katherine J. Wu

April 11, 2025

A person with AIDS and his friend

What It Really Means to ‘Give Infectious Disease a Break’

Katherine J. Wu

March 21, 2025

Collage of Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shaking hands, a bar graph showing an upward trend in red bars and red dots

The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse

March 15, 2025

Microscopic image of tuberculosis bacteria

RFK Jr., America’s Leading Advocate for Getting Measles

February 27, 2025

Illustration of a hypodermic needle against a background of white and blue dots

What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like

Katherine J. Wu

January 28, 2025

A graphic illustration showing a black-and-white photo of a syringe and a vial over a black-grid background

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How Worried to Be About Bird Flu

January 15, 2025

Swabbing a rooster to test for avian influenza

Bedbugs Could Be More Horrifying Than You Think

Kristen V. Brown

December 4, 2024

a bed with lots of green dots on it

Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines

November 19, 2024

two hands frame a syringe in a burst of yellow light

What If There’s a Secret Benefit to Getting Asian Glow?

Katherine J. Wu

October 25, 2023

a black-and-white image of Asian women, seated around a table, toasting each other with mugs of beer

A ‘Distinctly Human’ Trait That Might Actually Be Universal

Katherine J. Wu

February 9, 2023

a monkey making a cringing face

Don’t Be Surprised When You Get Omicron

December 15, 2021

An image of a circle with viral particles.

Sorry, a Coronavirus Infection Might Not Be Enough to Protect You

Katherine J. Wu

September 16, 2021

A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

We’ve Never Protected the Vulnerable

Aaron E. Carroll

September 5, 2021

Artwork of sharp blue and bright violet crystals and glass shattered with silhouettes of people.

Not Everyone Can Afford to ‘Learn to Live With’ COVID-19

August 25, 2021

An illustration of the globe resting on a spot of coronavirus

Lizards Took ‘This Is Fine’ Way Too Literally

Katherine J. Wu

July 13, 2021

the Psammodromus algirus lizard, or the Algerian sand racer

What Breakthrough Infections Can Tell Us

Katherine J. Wu

May 27, 2021

A nurse inserts a swab into a person's nose to test them for a virus.

The Atlantic Daily: Understanding Long COVID

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

March 9, 2021

Envelope with red "A"

Coronavirus Reinfection Will Soon Become Our Reality

Katherine J. Wu

February 24, 2021

a lung overlaid with silhouettes of the coronavirus

An Ingenious Microscope Could Change How Quickly Disease Is Detected

August 22, 2019

A Cambodian technician uses a normal microscope.